White House Warns Kosovars Against Attacking Serbs
The Clinton administration warned Kosovar Albanian leaders that NATO peacekeepers will defend the border against cross border attacks on Serb police. Albright spoke to a congressional panel while Rubin traveled to Kosovo to deliver the message to leaders including Ibrahim Rugova and Hashim Thaci. U.S. officials said raids found weapons in eastern Kosovo as about 200 guerrillas were believed poised to cross into Serbia.
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Slobodan Milosevic
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U S aid group acts on Ethiopian famine crisis
USAID plans to fly in tons of emergency food to southeastern Ethiopia as 13 children under five died last week in Gode. A two week assessment by Hugh Parmer finds conditions critical across the region with 7.7 million people at risk. aid is urged within 10 days to avert further deaths amid a multi nation tour.
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Gode
Addis Ababa
Adan Mohammed
Beth
Adan
Ibrahim Haji Abdi
David Eckerson
USAID
Lawmaker suspends aid to Ecuador over prison case
Rep. Sonny Callahan ordered a nearly 20 million dollar suspension of U S assistance to Ecuador in protest of what he calls unjust treatment of Florida man James Williams serving an eight year term on a 1998 money laundering conviction. Williams waited over two years for trial and more than a year for an appeal to Ecuadorian Supreme Court. Ecuadorian officials did not comment. State Department has raised Williams case with Ecuadorian authorities. The aid suspension targets programs aiding the poor, including family planning and health care. Williams was indicted in Tampa on drug and money laundering links to Jose Castrillon, with his Florida case ongoing.
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U N calls for quick elections in Haiti
The U N Security Council urged timely free and fair elections in Haiti as it ended a three year police training mission and handed democracy restoration duties to a new U N mandate. President Rene Preval faced changes after delaying April election dates amid a political impasse.
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